REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS |
Wednesday April 15, 2015 |
HOUSE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Designating Dripping Springs as the Wedding Capital of Texas. |
SENATE BILLS (Calendar Order) |
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to private road work by certain counties. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of real property of a business that employs honorably discharged veterans. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital. |
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Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the governor's and lieutenant governor's terms of office to begin at 10 a.m. on the day preceding the day the regular legislative session convenes. |
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS (Second Reading) |
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Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve and permit the construction of a monument at the state Capitol Complex, at a site outside the historic Capitol grounds, honoring Texans who served during the Global War on Terror as part of the United States armed forces and their families. |
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Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint interim joint committees. |
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Designating Quitaque as the official Bison Capital for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. |
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Designating Hico as the official Steak Capital of Texas. |
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Directing the Texas Water Development Board to conduct a feasibility study on the use of brackish groundwater sources in Montgomery County. |
SENATE BILLS (Second Reading) |
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Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. |
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Relating to the eligibility of presidential general election debates for distributions from a Major Events trust fund. |
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Relating to the criteria for awarding the Texas Purple Heart Medal to members of the armed forces wounded or killed at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Investment Council, including assumption of the duties of the Texas Skill Standards Board. |
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Relating to a disqualification for unemployment benefits for refusing to take or failing a preemployment drug test. |
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Relating to the liability of a political subdivision of this state for certain claims relating to land acquired by the political subdivision under certain circumstances. |
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Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield Memorial Highway. |
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Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Shepherd Independent School District; requiring the payment of certain transaction fees. |
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Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety, military and law enforcement training, and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to debit card or stored value card surcharges; providing a civil penalty. |
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Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education in this state. |
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Relating to the express preemption of regulation of oil and gas operations and the exclusive jurisdiction of those operations by the state. |
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Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to restrict participation in the retail electric market for significant violations. |
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Relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System in Ellis County. |
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Relating to the Texas Identification Number system. |
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Relating to civil jurisdiction of, and the number of jurors required in, certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court. |
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Relating to the authority to determine the supply of groundwater in certain regional water plans. |
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Relating to the period for which the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may grant or renew an emergency authorization relating to the use of state water. |
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Relating to charitable raffles conducted by certain professional sports team charitable foundations; providing penalties. |
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Relating to the powers and duties, the construction of laws, and the election dates of certain groundwater conservation districts. |
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Relating to the applicability of the Texas Mass Gatherings Act to certain horse and greyhound races. |
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Relating to the compensation of county auditors for certain counties. |
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Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility. |
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Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's sentence. |
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Relating to the authorization of the imposition of administrative penalties on providers participating in certain Medicaid waiver programs. |
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Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. |
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Relating to the punishment for certain offenses against property or against public administration. |
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Relating to requiring notice of the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution. |
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Relating to the provision and administration of indigent defense services. |
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Relating to the protection of certain children through the operation of the child safety check alert list. |
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Relating to the administration of the scholarship program for certain students graduating in the top 10 percent of the students' high school graduating class. |
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Relating to the online broadcast of open meetings of institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the authority and duties of the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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Relating to the continuation and functions of the Health and Human Services Commission and the provision of health and human services in this state. |
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Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. |
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Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the operation of certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting timber, timber products, or forestry equipment on certain public roadways. |
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Relating to the issuance of obligations payable from and secured by the Texas Mobility Fund. |
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Relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits and the operation of commercial motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to procedures for certain environmental permit applications. |
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Relating to the offenses of the violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with individuals in custody; imposing a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to the allocation of certain grants from the fund for veterans' assistance. |
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Relating to financial assistance to local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense jobs or facilities. |
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Relating to awarding the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. |
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Relating to occupational licenses for military service members, military veterans, and military spouses. |
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Relating to the creation of a rural veterans mental health initiative within the mental health intervention program for veterans. |
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Relating to the creation of a women veterans mental health initiative within the mental health intervention program for veterans. |
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Relating to designating the first week of May as Jury Appreciation Week. |
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Relating to the creation of the State Cemetery preservation trust fund. |
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Relating to the signature requirement for a sales tax permit application filed electronically. |
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Relating to electronic filing of certain reports; providing a penalty. |
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Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities and the transfer of its functions to the comptroller of public accounts. |
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Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs. |
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Relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit. |
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Relating to rulemaking authority for annuity contracts. |
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Relating to fire inspections by the state fire marshal for state-owned and state-leased buildings. |
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Relating to the standards for boiler inspection agencies. |
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Relating to standards for elevators, escalators, and related equipment; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to the regulation of rates for certain personal automobile insurance. |
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Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to determine applicant eligibility for a license and to discipline license holders. |
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Relating to the continuation and duties of the Red River Boundary Commission. |
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Relating to the offense of hazing. |
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Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. |
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Relating to a requirement that a county report the number of certain persons with mental illness detained in that county's jail. |
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Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis. |
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Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. |
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Relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety; creating a criminal offense; providing a penalty; authorizing fees. |
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Relating to authority for certain state employees to work flexible hours and to work from home or other authorized alternative work sites. |
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Relating to energy and water management planning and reporting requirements for state agencies and institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to procedures for the management, sale, or lease of certain state-owned real property and the management or collection of related funds, including disputed oil and gas royalties owed to the state. |
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Relating to the acknowledgment by management of risks identified in state agency information security plans. |
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Relating to prohibiting the reidentification of certain deidentified information and the release of any reidentified information; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to the establishment of the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program; authorizing the imposition of fees. |
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Relating to requirements for assisted living facility license applicants. |
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Relating to a council on long-term care facility surveys and informal dispute resolution. |
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Relating to food and beverage consumption in certain public swimming pools. |
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Relating to the applicability of open meetings and public information laws to the education research center advisory board. |
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Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain students enrolled in fire science courses at public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the payment of certain ad valorem tax refunds. |
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Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes. |
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Relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the property of a veteran's organization. |
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Relating to the dedication of certain wine-related revenue. |
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Relating to the appointment of a forensic director responsible for statewide coordination and oversight of forensic mental health services overseen by the Department of State Health Services. |
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Relating to the identification requirements of certain health care providers associated with a hospital. |
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Relating to the aerospace and aviation office of the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office and to the aerospace and aviation advisory committee. |
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Relating to requirements for reporting unclaimed mineral proceeds to the comptroller of public accounts. |
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Relating to the disputed payment by a credit card or debit card of a vehicle registration fee. |
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Relating to the right of directors of special districts to obtain district information, documents, and records. |
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Relating to the removal of a tenant's personal property after a writ of possession has been issued in an eviction suit. |
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Relating to the transfer to the Health and Human Services Commission of contracting authority for children's advocacy centers and volunteer advocate programs. |
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Relating to requiring direct access to 9-1-1 service from certain telephone systems and equivalent systems that use Internet Protocol enabled services. |
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Relating to the right of municipal officers to obtain information, documents, and records. |
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Relating to the right of officers of counties, county boards of school trustees, and county boards of education to obtain information, documents, and records. |
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Relating to credit to certain ceding insurers for reinsurance ceded to certain assuming insurers. |
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Relating to an exemption for certain persons who sell signs from the requirement to be licensed as an electrician. |
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Relating to the standard valuation for life insurance, accident and health insurance, and annuities and the nonforfeiture requirements of certain life insurance policies; amending provisions that may be subject to a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in public entertainment facilities. |
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Relating to the regulation of funding agreements, guaranteed investment contracts, and synthetic guaranteed investment contracts issued by a life insurer; clarifying certain provisions relating to insurer receivership. |
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Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the authority of certain domestic life, health, and accident insurance companies to make investments in mezzanine real estate loans. |
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Relating to coordinated county transportation authorities. |
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Relating to veterans services information provided to veterans who receive driver's licenses and personal identification certificates. |
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Relating to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission and strategic planning regarding military bases and defense installations. |
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Relating to a ribbon for certain members of the military forces who served in support of operations to secure the Texas border. |
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Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. |
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Relating to the licensing and regulation of forensic analysts and the administration of the Texas Forensic Science Commission; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational license. |
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Relating to the deadline for filing an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran. |
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Relating to notice of excess proceeds following an ad valorem tax sale. |
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Relating to health care information provided by and notice of facility fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities. |
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Relating to the practices and professions regulated by the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. |
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Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities. |
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Relating to the marketing and advertising of the veterans' assistance lottery game. |
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Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to authorizing the collection of a service charge on certain electronic toll collection customer account payments. |
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Relating to contributions and registrations for an anatomical gift registry; authorizing a fee. |
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Relating to railroads in this state. |
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Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. |
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Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. |
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Relating to empowering the parents of students to petition for the reconstitution, repurposing, alternative management, or closure of low-performing public school campuses. |
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Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public school and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. |
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Relating to temporary waiver of superintendent certification for employment of public school district superintendents. |
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Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. |
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Relating to performance-based tuition limitations for certain public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the establishment and administration by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of a textbook affordability pilot program at a public institution of higher education. |
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Relating to the establishment of a transfer associate degree program at each public junior college. |
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Relating to the establishment of state authorization reciprocity agreements for postsecondary distance learning courses. |
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Relating to the admission of undergraduate students with nontraditional secondary education to public institutions of higher education. |
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Relating to the release of student academic information by a public institution of higher education for certain purposes and the manner in which the information is used. |
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Relating to the requirements for employment positions provided through the Texas college work-study program. |
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Relating to the presentation of evidence in appraisal review board hearings on protests. |
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Relating to notices of appraised value sent to property owners by the chief appraisers of appraisal districts. |
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Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders. |
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Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of real property of a business that employs honorably discharged veterans. |
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Relating to reports issued by the comptroller on the effect of certain tax provisions. |
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Relating to the eligibility for indigent status for purposes of the driver responsibility program. |
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Relating to the provision of state aid to certain local governments disproportionately affected by the granting of ad valorem tax relief to disabled veterans. |
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Relating to the allocation to the Parks and Wildlife Department of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. |
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Relating to designating the fourth Saturday in July as National Day of the Cowboy. |
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Relating to the use of automated traffic control systems and photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. |
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Relating to defenses and exceptions to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain prohibited explosive weapons, firearms, and related items. |
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Relating to reducing certain fees for a license to carry a concealed handgun for county jailers. |
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Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse. |
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Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically. |
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Relating to the duties of certain law enforcement officials under procedures regulating the making or transfer of firearms. |
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Relating to the designation of the trustee of an express trust as a beneficiary of a trust account or a P.O.D. payee of a P.O.D. account. |
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Relating to the provision of a candidate's campaign mailing address and electronic mail address in the candidate's application for a place on the ballot. |
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Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution. |
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Relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk teams. |
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Relating to citrus pest and disease management. |
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Relating to exemptions from certain regulation for small honey production operations. |
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Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. |
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Relating to the functions of the Public Utility Commission of Texas in relation to the economic regulation of water and sewer service. |
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Relating to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. |
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Relating to the canvass of election returns for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. |
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Relating to contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. |
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Relating to access to a financial institution account of a person who dies intestate. |
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Relating to the organization of public employees. |
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Relating to bad faith claims of patent infringement; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. |
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Relating to holding a primary election for a political party in a county without party leadership. |
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Relating to immunity from liability for public and open-enrollment charter school campuses that maintain a supply of anaphylaxis medicine for emergency use. |
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Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election. |
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Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity. |
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Relating to certain publications that are privileged and not grounds for a libel action. |
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Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program. |
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Relating to the definitions of dating violence and family violence for purposes of the issuance of a protective order. |
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Relating to reports on attorney ad litem appointments made by courts in this state. |
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Relating to the regulation of crafted precious metal dealers. |
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Relating to criminal history record information obtained by the consumer credit commissioner. |
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Relating to the date for publication of the factors considered for admission to a new graduate and professional program. |
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Relating to a study on the feasibility of requiring certain researchers to make research papers available to the public. |
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Relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas medical schools and persons completing medical residency programs in Texas. |
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Relating to a study of the participation of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in public higher education. |
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Relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete certain college preparatory courses. |
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Relating to training for members of the governing board of a public institution of higher education. |
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Relating to the disclosure of certain public information by a public school district. |
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Relating to restrictions on holders of package store permits. |
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Relating to the decertification of a certified capital company. |
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Relating to building code requirements for residential property insured by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. |
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Relating to the adoption of an amendment procedure for restrictive covenants affecting real property in certain residential subdivisions. |
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Relating to authorizing certain private schools to charge fees for processing or handling certain payments or payment transactions. |
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Relating to the names of certain businesses. |
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Relating to the repossession of an aircraft. |
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